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Rewatching post-G1 Transformers cartoons with analysis and fandom insights.

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    • May 23, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Stasis Pod Episode #422: The Mystery of Dragon Mountain/Driving a Wedge

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 39:05


    The little chaos goblins won’t stop talking about dragons, so Heatwave lets them go on a dragon-themed adventure simulation! Then, a teen from Griffin Rock comes to learn from the Academy, but Wedge can’t imagine what a human might want to learn from him. Join us this week for “The Mystery of Dragon Mountain” and “Driving a Wedge”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #421: Space Case/Balloon Up A Tree

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 38:10


    The Rescue Bots need help on a space mission, but can the recruits work together to pilot the Sigma? Then , what should have been an extremely simple rescue mission escalates quickly – and just keeps getting worse! Join us this week for the Rescue Bots Academy episodes “Space Case” and “Balloon Up A Tree”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #420: Little Bot Peep/Trick or Treat

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 52:27


    Hoist should be resting up to heal his injured arm, but who can rest when there are adorable sheep to save? Then the recruits go trick-or-treating! But wait, who is that ghost? Join us this week for the Rescue Bots Academy episodes “Little Bot Peep” and “Trick or Treat”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #419: Fright At The Museum/Lucky Ducky

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 38:29


    Heatwave takes the recruits to Milford’s museum – and Whirl is convinced the janitor is up to no good! And what did Horace Burns do to get his statue relocated to a museum!? Then, Cody gives Hot Shot a “lucky” toy duck to help him with a bad day! Join us this week for the Rescue Bots Academy episodes “Fright At The Museum” and “Lucky Ducky”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #418: All At Sea/All Washed Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 42:01


    Boulder takes the recruits on a trip to clean up underwater garbage, but can they stop being little chaos goblins for long enough to actually help? Then, the recruits try to get out of their chores by enlisting an incredibly cute cleaning robot, and it doesn’t go well! Join us this week for “All At Sea” and “All Washed Up”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #417: Battle of the Bots/Medix Surprise

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 50:48


    Hot Shot and Wedge compete to see if they can beat each other at the other’s specialty, but we’re too distracted by the Heroes of Cybertron cards. Then, can the recruits learn the very important lesson that sometimes you just gotta leave your poor autistic friend alone? Join us this week for the Rescue Bots Academy episodes “Battle of the Bots” and “Medix Surprise”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #416: Go Team, Go!/The Secret of Flight

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 36:04


    BLADES IS BACK! And he’s got a great idea to help the recruits work as a team: Cheerleading! Then he tries to teach Hot Shot some important lessons about flying. Good luck with that! Join us this week for the Rescue Bots Academy episodes “Go Team, Go!” and “The Secret of Flight”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #415: The TX3000/The Big, Small Rescue

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 34:12


    The recruits get a new rescue tool from Cybertron, and Hot Shot is too insecure to admit that he’s never used it! Then, the team is sent to a collapsing cave on a distant planet to save an alien plant that’s the last of its kind! But that plant kind of reminds us of someone… Join us this week for the Rescue Bots Academy episodes “The TX3000” and “The Big, Small Rescue”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #414: Tyrannosaurus Wrecked/Blame Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 40:31


    A special guest teacher shows up at the Academy: It’s Grimlock, and he’s brought a whole pile of RiD2015 continuity with him! Then, Hot Shot learns how much he needs his teammates when he tries to do a rescue on his own! So is being scared of Dinobots racist, or is it more like being scared of goths? Join us this week for the Rescue Bots Academy episodes “Tyrannosaurus Wrecked” and “Blame Game”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #413: Five into Four/Rescue Promo

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 28:08


    When the recruits become convinced that someone’s about to be cut from the team, their determination to prove their worth only makes things worse! Then, Whirl tries to help Heatwave make a promo for the Academy, but nothing she records is good enough! What fandom meme gets a surprise nod? Join us this week for the Rescue Bots Academy episodes “Five into Four” and “Rescue Promo”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #412: Mission Inaudible/Glitch

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 40:04


    Hoist is put in charge of a training mission, but can he keep Hot Shot and Wedge from wrecking everything trying to out-Main Character each other? Then, the recruits have an all-too-real rescue mission in Griffin Rock, and Medix has an unconventional idea to save the day! But what were the grown-ups doing that was more important than this!? Join us this week for the Rescue Bots Academy episodes “Mission Inaudible” and “Glitch”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #41: If At First…/Mount Botmore

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 42:47


    The Academy kids want shiny new gadgets like the big bots have, so they get Hoist to invent some — but his prototypes need a lot of work! Then, the mayor has decided to carve the Rescue Bots’ faces into a mountain as a tourist attraction, and Hot Shot thinks he should be up there too! Can the team save Griffin Rock from his hubris? Join us this week for the Rescue Bots Academy episodes “If At First…” and “Mount Botmore”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #410: Plan Bee/The Bot Who Cried Rescue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2025 30:24


    The recruits learn the importance of ecosystems in one of Boulder’s training exercises! Then, Wedge becomes obsessed with improving the team’s response times, but his constant false alarms do more harm than good! Seriously though, what’s going on with all those tubes!? Join us this week for the Rescue Bots Academy episodes “Plan Bee” and “The Bot Who Cried Rescue”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #409: Tough Luck Chuck/Whirl’d View

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 42:03


    When Hot Shot damages their training dummy, he’s on babysitting duty until the misbehaving drone can be fixed! Then, Whirl takes charge of rescue training in the woods, but how will they all deal with getting trapped by a snow storm? And what two bots does Whirl remind us of the most? Join us this week for the Rescue Bots Academy episodes “Tough Luck Chuck” and “Whirl’d View”!

    Stasis Pod Extra #14: Marvel Lanterns

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 47:00


    While Jen finishes settling into the new house, here’s Rob and David discussing which Marvel characters could join a Lantern corp!

    Stasis Pod Episode #408: Rescue Bots Academy: “Recruits”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 41:05


    We’re heading back to the Aligned Universe for Rescue Bots Academy! Hot Shot has been asked by Optimus Prime himself to join the other Rescue Bot recruits on Earth, but is the hot-headed jock really cut out for rescue work? Can he at least manage to get along with his new classmates? And what is going on with Optimus Prime’s FACE!? Join us this week as we go back to school with “Recruits” part 1 and 2!

    Stasis Pod Holiday Bonus: He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 79:35


    Happy Holidays, everyone! As a special surprise this week, here’s our December 2022 Patreon episode about the He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special!

    Stasis Pod Episode #407: Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends: “The Crime of All Centuries”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 76:19


    Before we check back in on the Rescue Bots, we're taking a side quest to the Savage Land for a timely visit to Kraven the Hunter! Can Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends stop the Hunter's unnecessarily convoluted plan to create a dinosaur army? Which writer was clearly responsible for this episode? And what familiar song makes a surprise appearance? Join us this week for “The Crime of All Centuries”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #406: Eruption

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 35:00


    Cyberverse season 1 wraps up with a bang as Bumblebee’s tiny group of Autobots tries to awaken the Ark and the Autobots inside before Shockwave’s Decepticons can destroy it! Can we finally get a proper cast of characters for this series? Who Says The Thing? And how are we feeling about this season as a whole? Join us this week for “Eruption”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #405: The Extinction Event/Awaken Sleeping Giants

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 37:55


    Shockwave deploys a weapon that will wipe out all organic life on Earth! But how’s that supposed to help him defeat the Autobots, exactly? Then Windblade, Bumblebee, and Grimlock finally find the Ark in… exactly where we’d expect them to find it. Can they wake up the rest of the Autobots before the Decepticons get to them? Join us this week for the Cyberverse episodes “The Extinction Event” and “Awaken Sleeping Giants”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #404: Siloed/King of the Dinosaurs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 48:58


    Windblade faces down Slipstream and her Seekers to escape from the missile silo and get back to the mission! Then, Windblade and Bumblebee find Grimlock, but he’s gone feral! Can they get him back under control? And did they just completely destroy a city’s electrical grid? That seems like a problem! Join us this week for “Siloed” and “King of the Dinosaurs”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #403: Teletraan-X/Matrix of Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 45:19


    Bumblebee and Windblade track down an autonomous backup of the Ark’s computer, Teletraan-X, but it’s bait in a Decepticon trap! When Bee escapes but leaves Windblade behind, can Teletraan-X help remind him what real heroism looks like? And does Teletraan-X even know where the Ark is? Join us this week for “Teletraan-X” and “Matrix of Leadership”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #402: Maccadam’s/Sabotage

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 52:49


    Bumblebee and Windblade go back to Bee’s memories of Maccadam’s bar on Cybertron, watching its descent into ruins as the war took hold. But wait, did Maccadam just give them a clue to finding the Ark? Then Shockwave tries to undermine their mission by corrupting Bee’s memories, but can the Decepticon convince him that he AND Optimus were both traitors? Join us this week for the Cyberverse episodes “Maccadam’s” and “Sabotage”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #401: The Kind-Of Anniversary Spectacular

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 97:58


    Episode numbers are an arbitrary thing, so this week we’re celebrating 400-ish episodes with a discussion of where Transformers has been, what it’s doing now (Hello Transformers One!), and where it’s going! We’ll be back with Cyberverse next time, but this week, join us for our Kind-Of Anniversary Spectacular!

    Stasis Pod Episode #400: Terminal Velocity/Shadowstriker

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 48:42


    This week on Stasis Pod: Bumblebee does some unguided deep-diving into his memories and finds something pretty damn traumatic, then Windblade helps him remember why Shadow Striker hates him so much. But isn’t it a little cringe to have Bumblebee as your nemesis? And what the hell just happened on Velocitron!? WHY DOES THE EPISODE END LIKE THAT!? Join us this week for the Cyberverse episodes “Terminal Velocity” and “Shadowstriker”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #399: Megatron Is My Hero/Cube

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2024 53:06


    Windblade helps Bumblebee remember why Megatron and his Decepticons are their enemies, then they reminisce about their first meeting at a Cybertronian sporting event! Just how damaged IS our Bee buddy? Shouldn't a Transformer sport involve more transforming? And how many times can we say “THE CUBE!” in a Hugo Weaving voice? Join us this week for “Megatron Is My Hero” and “Cube”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #398: The Journey/Whiteout

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 52:35


    Bumblebee remembers an important part of the Ark’s journey, then Windblade follows the clues and ends up in a fight with some Seekers! So what exactly is the deal with Cyberverse Grimlock? Can Bumblebee resist the urge to press the big red button? And why does the cake taste like chicken? Join us this week for “The Journey” and “Whiteout”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #397: Memory/Allspark

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 39:15


    Windblade and Bumblebee have a run-in with some Seekers that leaves them with a new ship! But can Windblade fix Bumblebee’s memories? Can Bumblebee stop pressing all the buttons? And wait, are those emojis in the episode titles? Join us this week for “Memory” and “Allspark”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #396: Fractured

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 64:29


    This week, Stasis Pod is heading into the Cyberverse! What sets this series apart from the other Transformers shows we’ve discussed so far? What does it have in common? And can Bumblebee needing a babysitter actually carry the whole season? Join us this week for an intro to Cyberverse and the first episode, “Fractured”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #395: “Et Tu, Cy-Kill”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 68:06


    Before we move on to our next series, we’re looking back at The Transformers One We Have At Home – not “War Dawn” (yet), but the historic story of the falling-out between Leader-1 and Cy-Kill of the GoBots! Were these two old friends ever as gay as Orion Pax and D-16? Which writer did his history homework? And why were there flying monkeys? Meet us in the Hall of Columns this week for “Et Tu, Cy-Kill”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #394: Transformations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 46:57


    The AI Morocco has control of the training center, but he needs an edge against the Rescue Bots — he needs a human partner! Can Cody’s family get back to Griffin Rock from their worldwide assignments in time to save him from the evil AI’s grip? And are they really going to have to split up the team after all this? Join us as we say goodbye to the Rescue Bots (for now) with “Transformations”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #393: Upgrades

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 64:56


    Optimus Prime has decided it’s time for the Rescue Bots to be split up for new assignments— so it’s a bad time for the Mini Morocco to show up! Can they keep him from souping up his new MorBot despite being assigned all over the world? Can Cody convince his dad he’s old enough for a partner of his own? And which Rescue Bot is big in China? Join us this week as we near the end of Rescue Bots (for now) with “Upgrades”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #392: A Brush with Danger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 56:04


    Movie star Maven Danger has come to Griffin Rock to research a new role, but the Burns Family finds that he’s not as competent as he seems on the screen! Can they solve a series of strange crimes with him tagging along? Which bot is regretting their choice of altmode? And how many Bond movie title jokes can this episode contain? Join us this week for “A Brush with Danger”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #391: Family Business

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 46:40


    Cody needs to pick a specialty for the Junior First Responder Jamboree — law enforcement, firefighting, or EMT — and everyone in his family is ready to weigh in! Which path will he take? Can Graham and Boulder make an engineering camp seem appealing? And what sentence did we never think we’d say? Join us this week for “Family Business”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #390: To Infinity… And Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 43:04


    Dani is heading off on a test flight to SPACE! And all kinds of things go wrong! Can the Rescue Bots help her before she crashes into the MOON? Can Blades get a grip on his attachment issues and accept her taking a full-time test pilot job? And when did Kade get so weird? Join us this week for “To Infinity… And Back”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #389: Cody’s 11

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 60:08


    Madeline Pynch has found a chunk of Energon, and it’s up to the Rescue Bots and the Burns Family to stage a heist to steal it back before it explodes! Can Chase get his head around the moral complications of stealing from villains? What does Kade mean that he “doesn’t believe in Ferris wheels”? And what was the best Jim Varney movie? Join us this week for “Cody’s 11”!

    Iacon Underground Radio – May 17 2024 – Too Much Popcorn

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 60:27


    We continue to be back! This week Jen and David talk about the 40th anniversary theater event, slam that Buy button on a new Straxus toy, dread having to fight off Hot Wheels collectors for a little diecast Bumblebee, and hoist a Jolly Rodger that’s also a bat! BUCKETS!!!

    Iacon Underground Radio – May 10 2024 – We’re Back!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 60:51


    THE NEWS POD IS BACK! This week Jen and David discuss super-fancy Rodimus, explain why GaoGaiGar is Transformers-adjacent, touch briefly on the Energon Universe, and have a lot of thoughts about the Transformers One trailer! Welcome back to Iacon Underground Radio!

    Stasis Pod Episode #388: The Need for Speed

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 51:57


    A WILD SIDESWIPE APPEARS! Mischevious Cyclone Mini-Con Bounce is on the loose in Griffin Rock, and he’s writing rude Cybertronian graffiti all over the place! Can Sideswipe actually be a team player for once and help the Rescue Bots catch him? Can Blurr convince Sideswipe to get him on the Bee Team? And how well would Strongarm get along with Chase? Join us this week for “The Need For Speed”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #387: Once Upon a Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 51:55


    Mysteriously falling spruce trees, a missing Mrs. Neederlander, and a trapped Taylor draw everyone into a series of fairy-tale adventures in the forest, but are actual fairies really behind it all? What deep concerns are raised about Cybertronian culture? And can Kade get a creative writing project out of it? Join us this week for “Once Upon a Time”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #386: Camp Cody

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 58:36


    Blades and Cody are ready to graduate from Lad Pioneers to Teen Pioneers, but to get his final badge, Blades is going to need to go to the mainland in a holographic human disguise! Can he maintain his cover when they’re faced with an unhinged camp counselor named Chickadee? What trauma made Graham drop out of the Pioneers? And which of us actually went to scout camp as a kid? Join us this week for “Camp Cody”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #385: Uninvited Guest

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 43:21


    When Bumblebee lands at the Rescue Bots’ Training Center, it’s a chance to catch up on all that’s happened in the last few years, including his new voice! But his ship’s got a hitchhiker in the form of a hatchling Energon eater, and it’s on the loose! Can they catch it before it drains the whole team? Can Blades come to terms with his friend’s big changes? And how many stories are tagged “BumbleBlades” on AO3? Join us this week for “Uninvited Guest”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #384: Pizza Pi Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 61:00


    Griffin Rocks continues its obsession with food-based holidays and STEM fields with a Pizza Pi Party! But can the team save the town when some experimental super-yeast makes out-of-control dough? Why is Blades judging the cooking competition when he doesn’t actually eat food? And who doesn’t care how many rocks or bugs are in his slice? Join us this week for a “Pizza Pi Party”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #383: King Burns

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024 36:57


    This week we mash up two classic 90s movies: Chief Burns and Dani head to Rwanda to help his brother Woodrow with a gorilla problem a la Congo, and back on Griffin Rock, the remaining brothers learn that they might be royalty a la King Ralph! Can the Chief and his brother help their new gorilla friends escape menacing baboons AND a volcano? Who is way too quick to embrace monarchy? And what was Blades really hoping to see in Africa? Join us this week for “King Burns”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #382: Hot Rod Bot

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 38:19


    Blurr feels useless being a race car on a rescue team, so he decides to take up competitive racing – but to keep from blowing their cover, he needs a driver! Can he and Dani really compete against normal human drivers? Can Mayor Luskey earn the respect of his older brother, Mayor Luskey? And are Dani and Blades in an open relationship now? Join us this week for “Hot Rod Bot”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #381: The More Things Stay the Same

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2024 45:16


    The new training center’s AI assistant has gone haywire! Can the Bots get things under control before Dani’s test pilot team flies over and blows their cover? Can Blurr and Quickshadow outrun a Roomba? Would a temporary flight restriction supersede a military training schedule? And who totally called this twist? Join us this week for the second part of this season’s mid-season two-parter, “The More Things Stay the Same”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #380: The More Things Change…

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 36:40


    The Rescue Bots Training Center is all ready for the bots to move in, but everybody’s having mixed feelings about the change. Will all the exciting features of the new center make the transition a little easier? What is going on with Dani’s test pilot gig? And what do you mean there was never a toy of this extremely toyetic training center? Join us this week for part 1 of the season 4 mid-seasion two-parter, “The More Things Change…”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #379: Part-Time Heroes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 53:57


    Griffin Rock’s cell tower is in dire need of replacement – but Mayor Luskey “invested” the infrastructure money in an inflatable Brash Ball stadium instead! Can the Rescue Bots and the Burns Family raise enough money with side gigs to fund a replacement? Why is this even their problem to fix? How many people watching this even remember the show Taxi? And what should you maybe not order from Temu? Join us this week for “Part-Time Heroes”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #378: All Spark Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 53:21


    It’s All Spark Day, and the Rescue Bots are excited to teach the people of Griffin Rock about their Cybertronian holiday! So what’s All Spark Day all about? Why doesn’t Heatwave want to celebrate? Why is there a “Parade of Metals”? And what’s that giant baby doing there!? Join us this week for “All Spark Day”!

    Stasis Pod Episode #377: Mayor May Not

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 46:10


    Mayor Luskey is up for reelection, and the team convinces Chase to run against him – but when Chase wins, it turns out they've created a monster! How Lawful Neutral is TOO Lawful Neutral? Can the town survive Chase going Walter Peck on Doc Greene's lab? And has Luskey learned one single lesson? Join us this week for "Mayor May Not"!

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    Stasis Pod Episode #376: Enemy of My Enemy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 49:20


    Whiskers the lion is kidnapped by a villain with a thing for problematic cultural appropriation — but with Quint Quarry still safely in jail, who could it be? Would you believe... LORD CHUMLEY!? What's this G1 guy doing hassling the Rescue Bots? Why does he have extinct animals in his collection? And didn't we JUST get an episode with that title? Join us this week for "Enemy of my Enemy"!

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